Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-06
BILLS INTRODUCED.

The following DIS were intro iuced,
and the majority of them placed on the
calendar:
By Mr.. Brown, OF Franklin: To au-
thorize the county of Franklin to vote
a subscription to the Roanoke and
Southern Railroad Company and to
issue bonds for the payment of same.
BY Mr.. Flanary, of Wise: To re-
move distractions to the passage of fish
from Guests river.
By MIR. EdmundS, of Halifax To
incorporate the town of Bannister, in
the county of Halifax.
By Mr.. Duane, of Dinwiddie To
amend, &c, an act approved March T.,
1884, in regard to workingand keeping
in repair public roads in Dinwiddie
county.
BY Mr.. Lovenstein (by request To
prevent the employment of children
under fourteen years of age in manu-
featuring, mining mechanical, or mer-
camille establishments. The bill pro-
vides that any parent or guardian who
permits such employment, or any owa-
or, superintendent, or overseer of such
establishment who shall permit such
employment shall he fined not exceed
ing $50, the fines to be applied to the
support of the public schools in the
town, city, or county, where the Of
fence is committed.
BY Mr.. Twyman, of Madison (by re-
quest: To authorize the Board OF
Supervisors of Culpeper county to in
crease the salary OF the Judge of said
county.
By Mr.. Warwick, of Chesterfield
10 amend section 6 of chapter TT OF
Acts of 1SS3-'S4, amending the char
ter of the Farmville and Staunton-
River Railroad Company, as amended
~ section 2 of chapter 200 of Acts OF
1876.
Ey same To authorize the town OF
Farmyille to vote subscription to the
Farville and Powhatan Railroad Com
pany.
By Mr.. Diggs, of Lynchburg: To
incorporate the Lynchburg Belt Bail
road and Improvement Company.
By Mr.. Duane, of Dinwiddie To
authorize the Board of Supervisors OF
Dinwiddie county to appropriate money
to a colored agricultural and industrial
association.
By Mr.. Williams, OF Bland To
amend section 7 of chapter 16l Of the
Code of 1873, in relation to attorneys
for the Commonwealth.
A. Touanota,r Of Richmond :.
To secure to operatives and laborers
engaged in and about coal-mines,
manufactures of iron and steel, and all
other manufactures the payment OF
their wages at regular intervals and in
lawful money of the United States.
PROM THE HOUSE.
A message was received from the
House of Delegates by Mr.. Loving, OF
Amherst, who informed the Senate that
the House had passed bill removing
the political disabilities OF John l..
Lee, of Amherst, and b. G. Moseley, OF
Bedford.
PUBLISHING VIRGINIA REPORTS.
The first matter reached on the cal
endar was House bill appropriating
81, 400 for publishing the eighty-first
and $1,000 for publishing the eighty
second volume Of Virginia Reports.
Mr.. Staples said that he had seen Mr.
Micou, Superintendent Of Public Print
ing, with reference to the matter, and
was informed by him that the eighty
first volume would be printed in the
summer and the eighty-second in the
fall that il an appropriation for the
former was made at this session the lat
ter might be deferred until the next
session.
The bill was amended in accordance
with This suggestion, and, as amended,
it passed.
THE MISERAL-BELT RAILWAY.
The hour for the special order OF the
day (ihe bill to incorporate the Nine
raj Belt Railway Company, from Stras-
burg TO Moorefeld, in West Virginia, J
having arrived, the bill was taken up.
An amendment offered thai the route
Of Tie road bo changed By Winchester